Obama fights for female and independent votes in battleground states. LEBANON, Va., Sept. 9, 2008— -- With recent polls showing a 20-point swing among white women voters to John McCain, Barack ...

The candidates have more in common than they might think. May 24, 2012 -- Pop quiz: Who said this? "Education achievement is not a Republican issue or a Democrat issue. It is an issue of national ...

Arne Duncan, former President Obama’s Education secretary, said Wednesday that President-elect Trump’s campaign promise to close the Department of Education is “empty.” “Trump promising to eliminate ...

As the 2012 elections approach, it is an appropriate time to review the president’s record on education policy. Several prominent observers have done so recently. The president’s education policies ...

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When the bare-knuckled brawl over health care reform finally wraps up and the Obama Administration pivots to less divisive topics, education reform may be one of the few issues capable of drawing ...

Subscribe to The St. Louis American‘s free weekly newsletter for critical stories, community voices, and insights that matter. Sign up (blackamericaweb.com) Sen. Barack Obama offered a detailed plan ...

Ex-state education czar John King — a devotee of Common Core curriculum and charter schools — was appointed head of the State University of New York on Monday. King, who also served as US secretary of ...

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As the school year winds down, education remains a major part of the national agenda. A roundtable of education reporters " NPR’s Claudio Sanchez, WBEZ’s Linda Lutton and WAMU’s Kavitha Cardoza " ...

As Barack Obama begins to assess his potential picks for his cabinet, Secretary of Education is not one of the positions you would necessarily expect him to focus on first. But American parents ...